Delivery to hand

Delivery to hand is a central part of our training and something we spend a lot of time training. Our definition of delivery to hand is not just the moment when the dog leaves the object in our hand, but rather from the moment the dog picks up the object, turns around, runs straight towards us. The last thing that happens in the delivery process is that the dog releases the object in our hand. In the book there’s an entire chapter about how to teach delivery to hand using clicker training where we describe how to tackle different challenges with your deliveries and how you can vary the distractions to proof your delivery to hand. In this section you can read all blog posts we’ve written about delivery to hand.

You might think that I only train delivery to hand considering how many of my blog spots focuses on that behavior. Well, I obviously train a lot of different things, but I put a lot of effort into the training of delivery to hand. So here’s a short film about delivery...

A while ago Åsa and I had an gun dog course and came back so happy! Great participants that had really developed since last time we saw them and that also made great progress during the weekend. We started with two working test stations where each participant chose...

I have had – and still have – a very good use of the Switching Game when I train obedience with my dog Tassla. She is now doing obedience training on the elite level (FCI class III), and there is more retrieving at this level than at the others. We – all the obedience...

Do you want to have fun together with your dog? Do you want to learn how to master the perfect retrieve? Then this is the course for you! No matter if you’re training your Pet Retriever, an obedience retrieve, a therapy dog or a gun dog for field trials great...

The most common misunderstanding we discuss with our students the first time we meet them is the idea that you can’t play tug with a gun dog – it will make them chew on the dummy or crush the game. We’d like to bury that myth once and for all 🙂 We...

When I had my last puppy class one half of the puppies were (in the beginning of the class) completely uninterested in coming back with any object to their handler. We meet them very often; the dogs who haven’t understood why they should give their handler the funny...

The “Switching Game” – One of the Best Games for Your Dog This game is a favorite of mine. It is a very good basic exercise for the gun dog training as well as a great exercise for puppies, but it can be trained with any dog, regardless of age. It’s a game – of course...

Do you need inspiration and more structure in your training? Then we recommend our online courses! The first part focuses on delivery to hand – one of the most basic skills every retriever needs. You can chose between two different courses – one self study...

Our friend and instructor, Åsa Jacobsson, has kindly let us use this article with her 101 tips about retrieving. Åsa does obedience and rally obedience, but the retrieving and delivery to hand training is the same so you’ll get lots of tips on how to train your dog to...

Retrieving is a very useful skill even if you’re not planning on competing in field trials or obedience. In my every day life my dogs help me out with a lot of stuff – picking up things from the floor, delivering messages, finding lost items etc. In the...